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> It seems like all the airborne water has to land somewhere

Water is kept airborne by thermal energy. As thermal energy increases, one can expect the atmosphere to on average retain more moisture globally.

At the extreme of this effect, you get something like Venus.



Hrmm, so having now read some random papers, I learned that relative humidity over land is actually decreasing due to climate change, which isn't what I expected. Guess we're screwed.




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